title: First aid manual in an android environment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The First Aid Manual constitutes a detailed guide which contains useful information and suggested acts for potential pathogenic conditions in everyday life, given in an Android environment.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the project is the capability of eliciting information regarding First Aid, by means of a widespread use device, such as smartphones.
  
  
  METHODS
  For the conduction of the project a database was used, into which the information was incorporated, in order to be later reloaded into the Eclipse environment. It will there receive its final form as an executable file for android cellphones.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The executable file axx.apk originated an application which, providing the user with 6 main categories (definition, epidemiological evidence, aggravating factors, symptoms, what to do, what to avoid, acts) gives them access to an easy navigation and enables them to provide first grade care, without the requirement of any previous experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The more and more advanced needs of the modern lifestyle, combined with technological achievements have created a complex system of social fabric, having of course an effect also on the area of human accidents. Hence, First Aid information given in the environment of a mobile phone can prove to be a useful tool for anyone, in case of an accident.
authors.affiliation: Health informatics Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Panos
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Theodoromanolakis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zygouras
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mantas
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D005392:First Aid / Q000379:methods*; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface